President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja inaugurated the Armed Forces Council. The inauguration was done at the president’s main office which reports said Buhari had avoided since his return from his London medical trip on August 19.
The council, established by CAP A20 of Laws of the
Federation of Nigeria and Section 4 of the Armed Forces Act is to be
responsible, under the general authority of the president, for command,
discipline and administration of and for all other matters related to the Armed
Forces. According to a statement by Tukur Gusau, the Public Relations
Officer to the Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, the last Armed Forces
Council meeting was held on July 17, 2014. He said there was the need to
convene the council meeting in order to consider matters of great concern to
the Armed Forces.
Gusau listed the
matters considered for inaugurating the council as including the ratifications
of the National Defence Policy 2017 (Revised), Harmonized Terms and Conditions
of Service Officers 2017 (Revised) and Rstricted Harmonized Terms and Condition
of Service Soldiers/Ratings/Armen 2017 (Revised). He expressed belief that the
ratification of the documents would enable the Armed Forces to cope “with the
ever changing contemporary security challenges.” He said it would also help to
enhance welfare, command, discipline and administration of the Armed Forces as
well as policy framework governing the conduct of security and defence in
Nigeria.
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